Flower-box.



l. ISRAEL,

FLOWER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED "v1.21. m1.

4 Patented Dec. 25,1917.

WITNESSES w/uqh.

mamlm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH ISRAEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLOWER-BOX.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application filed April 27, 1917. Serial No. 164,867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that T, .losnrn lsnAi-m, a eitizen of the l nited States, and a resident of the city of Xew York, borough of the lironx in the county of Bronx and State, of New York, have invented a new and Improved Flower-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Amon the principal objects which the present. invention has in view are: to avoid the accumulation of liquid adjacent the roots of a plant growing in a box of the character mentioned; to maintain the earth in which the plant grows in moist condition; to permit. the removal of surplus liquid; to provide a decorative cover for boxes of the ('liill'tlllll' mentioned during periods in the surface thereof; and to provide. means for aerating the earth contained in the boxes nu-ntioned.

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Figure 'l is a top plan view partly in section showing a box of the character mentioned constructed and aranged in accordance with th o present invention:

Fig is a vertical section thereof, the section, ing lalten as on the line '.--2 in Fig. l and showing in conjunction [herewith a. false or sham top;

Fig. 3 is a. cross section lalten as on the line 3" in Fig. '2;

Fig. l is a perspective view ol a box of the character mentioned ('onstl'm'lell and arranged in accordance with the presenl invention.

.\s seen in the drawings. the prel'erred hum of box isone constructed of sheet, nielal, the sides whereol are pressed to l'orin panels 9. 'l'he metal from which the panels ll are constructed is bent at the corners to form pillars lll. 'lhe pillars ll serve to reinforce the. box l'ullsillll'llnli and to support, the top and bolloln llanges ll and 1;. re.- speetively. 'lhe llanges ll are preferably made as an integral part of the sides ha\' i m; the. panels 5 The llange- 1'. is an extension of the bottom l t The bottom 13 has a seriesol' perforations ll. 'lhe perforations [4 permit. the passage of water which might il i fllllllllilll :ll tlit'l but)!!! of the box. aiil utilized for growing plants requiring certain conditions of moisture in the ground in which they grow, this may be supplied by allowing an accumulation or a fresh supply of free water to be held in the box 15.

For purposes of t'ansportation, the flower box is provided with handles 18.

As shown in Fig. of the drawings, the

box is sometimes supplied with a falseor imitation top 19] 'lhe top ll) is suitably pt'rt'orated to form supports for artificial lowers. The supports are perforations into which the stems of the llowels may he in- I witlnlrawn. rests as shown best. in Fig. 2 of the drawings on the inwardl \'-pressed edges of the panels 9.

The, flower box is supported on legs 21. 'llmlegs are of suitable length to maintain the. box 15 oll' the. Hour or other surface.- on which the flower box rests.

It is known to be :u'lvantageons to admit air to the roots of potted or boxed plants. In the. present form of the invention this is rovided for by means ol lhe perforations l-l. It is evident that; when the box 15 is supplied with water, the aeration of the earth ronlaining the roots is pertornual with the. greatest advantage, for the reason that the air admitted is moistened by the water in the box. While the box 15 has hereinbel'ore been described as containing free water. it will be. understood that a sponge or other absorbent material may be disposed in the box and operate to retard the evaporation of the water. and in this manner conserve the moisture in the box l5 for a longer period.

( 'lniru .\n :H'lh'le as characterized comprising a box-lihe rer'eplaele constructed l'rom sheet metal ha\in l'orwardlv pr d panel porserted or from which the said stems may he'i75 The top 19 when in service' ltlll tions forming supporting ledges adjacent the top thereof and shaped at the corners to form supporting posts integrally formed with the sides of said receptacle; a plurality 5 of carrying handles rigidly mounted on said receptacle; and means for draining water from said receptacle, said means embodying a perforated bottom for said receptacle and an auxiliary box-like member removably mounted on said box-like receptacle. 10

JOSEPH ISRAEL. 

